Person

William H. Mesmer

Chairman of the Clarke County Electoral Board and a retired farmer in 1923.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of August 9, 1923 describes Mr. William H. Mesmer as chairman of the Clarke County Electoral Board and a well known retired farmer.

✓ Supported by a source

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier of August 9, 1923 describes Mr. William H. Mesmer as chairman of the Clarke County Electoral Board and a well known retired farmer.

What the source supports

That William H. Mesmer was chairman of the Clarke County Electoral Board in August 1923.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The OCR breaks his given name as "Will-1 |iain". The item is about his son, who is not recorded here.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The August 9, 1923 item naming the Electoral Board's chairman.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 9, 1923

Clarke Courier · 1923-08-09 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, item on the son of the chairman of the Electoral Board

Relevant passage

... Mr. Will-1 |iain [William] H. Mesmer, chairman of the Clarke County Electoral Board and a well known retired farmer.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources

Also indexed as: Mr. William H. Mesmer. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.

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